Dr. Alka Beotra nominated as member of WAADS executive board
India’s Dr. Alka Beotra has been nominated as a member of the World Association of Anti-Doping Scientists’ (WAADS) executive board.
She is only Asian in the six-member executive board of WAADS and will have tenure of 3 years starting from March 2015.
At present, Dr. Alka Beotra is Scientific Director of National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL).
About World Association of Anti-Doping Scientists (WAADS)
- The WAADS is an international organisation that comprises anti-doping scientists from all the WADA-accredited labs across the world.
- Purpose- It provides assistance to combat the issue of doping in sport.
- It also seeks to allow WADA-accredited laboratories to interact within their own group.
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015